Tag Archives: film

Album review: ANN-MARGRET – Born To Be Wild

Posted on March 27, 2023 by GRTR! HQ

Cleopatra Records [Release date 14.04.23] ‘Born To Be Wild’ is what, at first look, is often called a novelty album. Bring together a one-time Hollywood (and musical) icon (of a certain era) and hook them up virtually with a whole … Continue reading →

Film review: SPARKS: Annette / Cannes Festival Opening – The Vox, Montignac-Lascaux, SW France 6 July 2021

Posted on July 9, 2021 by petefeenstra

It’s early evening in heart of Montignac-Lascaux, a small sleepy South West French town. And I’ve just discovered that the once thriving (pre-covid) art house cinema – which used to double as an outdoor gig – is showing a world … Continue reading →

Posted in ALL POSTS, FILM REVIEWS | Tagged Adam Driver, Annette, film, Leos Carax, Marion Cotillard, Montignac-Lascaux, Nick Cave, opera, operetta, rock, Ron Mael, Russell Mael, Simon Helberg, soundtrack, SPARKS, Spike Lee, The Vox, vocals | Leave a comment

Film review: PHIL LYNOTT – Songs For While I’m Away

Posted on October 15, 2020 by andynathan

Break Out/ Eagle Rock Productions [Release Date 30.10.20] Autumn 2020 is one of those times when the Thin Lizzy legacy is getting one of its periodic dusting downs. Alongside a bumper budget compilation and a 6 CD box set of … Continue reading →

Posted in ALL POSTS, DVD REVIEWS, FILM REVIEWS | Tagged DVD, film, hard rock, Phil Lynott, review, Songs For While I'm Away, Thin Lizzy | Leave a comment

Feature: Call Collect: An introduction to CHRISTOPHER LEE and his music

Posted on April 24, 2020 by GRTR! HQ

Best known for his portrayal of Dracula in the late 1960s Hammer horror films Christopher Lee also lent his (vocal) talents to several rock albums including power metallers Rhapsody of Fire… Sir Christopher Frank Carandini Lee CBE was an actor … Continue reading →

Posted in ALL POSTS, Call Collect, FEATURES | Tagged actor, album, Christopher Lee, Dracula, film, Hammer, horror, power metal, RHAPSODY OF FIRE, screen, The Wicker Man | Leave a comment

DVD review: SUGGS – My Life Story

Posted on January 24, 2019 by jason

Cadiz Music [Release date 23.11.18] Whether you are a fan of Madness or not, if you have read either of Suggs’ books (“Suggs and The City” and “That Close”) you will know he can tell a story, and here he … Continue reading →

Posted in ALL POSTS, DVD REVIEWS | Tagged 2Tone, DVD, film, Madness, Madstock, memoir, My Life Story, pop, review, ska, Suggs | Leave a comment

News: Win BLACK SABBATH Ten Year War Box Set! (Competition starts 4 September 2017)

Posted on September 4, 2017 by GRTR! HQ

Here’s your chance to win a copy of the BLACK SABBATH ‘Ten Year War’ box set. For the runner-up, a pair of tickets to attend the one-night only cinema screening of ‘The End of The End’ chronicling the band’s final … Continue reading →

Posted in ALL POSTS, Competitions, NEWS | Tagged Bill Ward, Black Sabbath, box set, competition, film, Geezer Butler, heavy metal, heavy rock, Ozzy Osbourne, prize, screening, Ten Year War, the End of The End, Tony Iommi, win | Leave a comment

Album review: EXTREMES – CD/DVD (Supertramp, Arc)

Posted on July 30, 2017 by GRTR! HQ

Gonzo Multimedia [Release date 30.06.17] Ah, those heady early 1970s. Flower power, the permissive society, long hair and … dangly bits. There are a lot of them on show in this fascinating social snapshot. Heady times indeed. “Extremes” was a … Continue reading →

Posted in ALBUM REVIEWS, ALBUM REVIEWS (Mobile), ALL POSTS, DVD REVIEWS | Tagged 1970, Arc, CD/DVD, Extremes, film, Isle of Wight festival, Michael Lytton, pop, progressive, rock, soundtrack, Supertramp, Tony Klinger | Leave a comment

News: TIM ARNOLD Scores Single For New Iggy Pop Film

Posted on May 11, 2016 by jason

‘Money Kills Love’ is the new single from UK solo artist Tim Arnold. The track is taken from forthcoming movie Blood Orange starring Iggy Pop, for which Arnold also wrote and produced the theme music. The movie will be screened … Continue reading →

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DVD review: THE ECSTASY OF WILKO JOHNSON

Posted on February 20, 2016 by Davoski

Cadiz Music [Release date 21.12.15] This is a work of bizarre genius. What was presumably conceived by film and music director Julien Temple as an epitaph for Wilko Johnson has turned out to be an uplifting story of life-affirmation. Not … Continue reading →

Posted in ALL POSTS, DVD REVIEWS | Tagged Canvey Island, Dr Feelgood, DVD, film, Julien Temple, review, The Ecstasy of Wilko Johnson, Wilko Johnson | Leave a comment

Backstage Hero: MARK STAY

Posted on November 1, 2015 by jason

Mark Stay is an author and has had his first script make the big screen, ‘Robot Overlords’, which he co-wrote with Jon Wright, who also directed the film. It is also a novelisation which you can find out more about … Continue reading →

Posted in ALL POSTS, INTERVIEWS, Interviews/Backstage Heroes | Tagged classical, Dave Gilmour, film, Gollancz, Mark Stay, Orion, Pink Floyd, progressive, Robot Overlords, rock, sci fi, SF | Leave a comment

Gig review: LEVELLERS – Opera House, Buxton, 5 March 2015

Posted on March 13, 2015 by GRTR! HQ

Levellers - Buxton Opera House, 5 March 2015

Walking up to the majestic Buxton Opera House it was noticeable that the crusty old tour vans of years gone by have been replaced by posh tour coaches but were Levellers still true to their roots? Well tonight we were … Continue reading →

Posted in ALL POSTS, GIG REVIEWS, Special Events | Tagged 5 March 2015, A Curious Life, Buxton, documentary, film, gig, Levellers, Opera House, review | Leave a comment

Gig review: THE LEVELLERS – A Curious Life

Posted on January 18, 2015 by david.wilson

In the coming months The Levellers are taking to the road for a series of live acoustic gigs along with the screening of ‘A Curious Life’, a documentary covering the band’s 27 years of folk rock mayhem. The film opens … Continue reading →

Posted in ALL POSTS, GIG REVIEWS, Special Events | Tagged A Curious Life, acoustic tour, documentary, film, Glastonbury, Jeremy Cunningham, Levelling The Land, Mark Chadwick, Michael Eaves, The Big Breakfast, The Levellers, The Medway, Zig and Zag | Leave a comment

News: New film ‘VINYL’ hits cinemas on 15th March 2013

Posted on February 19, 2013 by jason

‘VINYL’ hits cinemas on 15th March 2013 Starring Phil Daniels, Keith Allen, Perry Benson and Jamie Blackley Leicester Square Premier 12th March 2013 PHIL DANIELS AND KEITH ALLEN TO STAR IN NEW FILM BASED ON THE ALARM’S MUSIC INDUSTRY SCAM … Continue reading →

Posted in ALL POSTS, Festivals & Large Events, NEWS | Tagged 45 RPM, film, Keith Allen, Mike Peters, movie, Phil Daniels, The Alarm, Vinyl | Leave a comment

DVD Review: SAXON – Heavy Metal Thunder – The Movie

Posted on December 4, 2012 by jason

(2DVD) UDR/EMI [Release date 07.12.12] NWoBHM stalwarts Saxon have been rocking for over 35 years and currently enjoying some of their biggest success ever. Certainly in terms of new album, live reviews, Saxon are pretty much top of their game, … Continue reading →